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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19
Forest Fires in Arkansas.

LITTLE Rock, Nov. 18.-For four days fires
have been raging on the hills and in the bottoms
of the Red and Sulphur rivers near Texarkana,
sweeping everything before them, tapping up
the canebrakes, where thousands of cattle have
been feeding for months, visiting farms, and
leaving in their track blackened ruins of homes,
FENCING and out-houses. All available help is
employed in fighting the progress of the flames
Large numbers of cattle and hogs have been
caught in the flames and destroyed. Unless
rain comes speedily the loss of life and destrue-
ton of property will be great. At Hope, Ark.
yesterday, fires were raging all around the
town. and the smoke in the town was almost
sitting Great stretches of fences have been
burned, and farmers are organized and fighting
the flames day and night, but with little hope of
staying their progress without rain At Little
Rock only four and half inches of rain has
fallen for nearly five months, ard little more
has fallen at any point now ravaged by fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19
Mustered Into the state Service.


FRANKLIN. Nov. 18-The Franklin College
Cadets were mustered into the State service
this afternoon by Capt John FL. Tarlton, of Sam
OyIer division. U. R., as deputized enrolling
officer, and Col }. NJ. Storey, and Lieutenants
S. B. Eccles and B. P. Brown as witnesses to the
election of officers The company numbers
thirty five and is Differed by G. E. Godell, cap
tain: G. d. Hazelrig, first lieutenant, and A. w.
Clark. second lieutenant The boys have their
uniforms. and guns will be supplied by the State
in few DAYS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19
Locomotive Engineer Killed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Nov. IS The passenger train leaving
here at 6:15 p NJ. for Clay City. the Brazil
branch of the Evansville 6 Indianapolis road,
was dtched three miles out The engine and
single coach landed on their tops, and instantly
took fire and consumed. Engineer VIM.
Yelton. of Clay City. was buried under the en-
CINE and instantly killed. Fireman Clarke Iced
ham badly scalded, and D. S. High vood,
passengers all of whom escaped with more or
less slight injuries The train left the track at
switch but was thrown bv striking q horse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19
Fatal Leap from a Window.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS journal
BLUFFToN, Nov. 18.-John McCleery, known
as Colonel" while under the influence of liquor
jumped from a window in the second story of
the court house, yesterday afternoon, and was
badly hurt that he died at 7:45 p. NJ. from tho
injury. just as he was in the act of jumping.
Marshal Brown discovered him in the window,
and, believing that McCleery meant to do some
thing desperate, rushed upstairs and found the
door locked. McCleery. in the meantime, I'M
needing the words of the Marshal, to. go back
into the room, plunged to the pavement below,
striking upon his head. where Brown found him
lying almost ifeless McCleery about fifty
twelve years of age. He had received fair ed
ucation, and had taught in the public schools in
early days. For many years he served as county
superin tendent and was very efficient
A Woman's Sad and ToiIsome Journey.
Special to the Indianapolis Journai.
ELKHART. Nov 18.-A case of restitution of
unusual character presented istelf here yes
terday. About a year ago man and his wife
and five children went from Ft. Wayne, this
State, TO make their home in Kansas and soon
after arriving there the husband and father died,
and the mother, finding herself unable to Sc
sufficient work to maintain her
self and children, started for their old
home in Fl. Wayne afoot pushing the youngest
child in an old cab. On the way one of the
children sickened and died. and aside from
fve-mile ride gained at some point, until Con-
ductor %. c. Wells picked them up, short dis
lance west of here, they had walked the entire
distance from their home Kansas. The
journey has taken them about six montha
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19

Losses and Insurance at Memphis.
MEMPHIS Nov. 18.-The total number of
bales of cotton destroyed by last nights fire ag
cregated II, 700. The loss is virtually total
The question of insurance is liable to prove
vexed one, and doubtless the courts will be APP
pealed to for settlement. The value of The
cotton burned is 1925, 900. The compress com
pany carried $500, 900 insurance. but will claim
that much If not nearly all the cotton burned was
insured under policies held by purchasers, and fer
all such the compress company is not liable.
The officers of the company have declined giving
to the public the amount of insurance held by
them, and the $500. 900 named is given by aus~
thority of one of the directors The presses de-
stroyed were insured for $40, 900, which was less
than half their value. The capital stock of the
compress company is $1,000. 900. Its market
value on Thursday was 1877; to-day it was offered
at 49, with no bidders.
The man Walter Mendennall, who was ar
rested on suspicion of having set fire to the
ton, is still held. but there is positive proof
of his guilt, and in all probability he will soon
be released.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19
THE FIRE RECORD.

Burning of the Cincinnati Southern Rail
way Shops-Loss Estimated at 1880
CINCINNATI, Nov. 1S.-At 2:30 this morning
fire started in the carpenter shop Of the Cincin-
natl Southern railway. at Ludlow, KY, and
spread with great rapidity. owing to the lack of
water and the fact that Ludlow has fire de-
partment. The immense and machine shops,
covering two acres of ground, were totally de-
stroyed, together with all the tools and
chinery and large number of cars and material.
The round house caught fire. and it was at first
thought to be doomed, but by heroic efforts by
the employees the engines were removed and the
building itself was saved Among the losses are
a Mann boudoir car, pay-car, private car,
three passenger coaches, seven fats loaded with
coal, and twenty five new freight cars About
five hundred employees will be thrown
out of employment. and it will re-
quire long time to rebuild the burned
property The buildings destroyed were the car
shop, machine shop, blacksmith shop. boiler
shop, tin shop, brass foundry, repair shop, oil
house. lumber shed, sand house. two water
tanks, coal bins and railroad supply store. The
latter contained $40, 900 worth of goods. All
these buildings were of wood the round-house
alone being of brick. It's material and its posi-
ton at some distance from the frame structures
saved it from destination. Only street sepa-
rated the village dwellings and business houses
from the flames. but by good fortune the wind
favorable. ana the efforts of citizens with
buckets, aided by the little hand engine of
the town. kept the fire from burning
the whole village. The Covington
fire department was unable to reach Ludlow on
account of the bad condition of the streets.
Cincinnati was ready to help, but the excited
people of Ludlow forgot to send horses to help
the engines up the steep bank from sthe river.
It is not likely that much could have been done,
at any rate. after the fire got fairly under head
way. on account of the infiammable nature of
the buildings and the inadequacy of the water
supply. Careful estimates of the total loss
make it $175 000 It is fully insured in two
London CONFERENCE.-The Royal and the London,
Liverpool and Globe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19

Local Wsather Record.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. Is. 1887.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
One of Burdette's sermons.

My boy, when you meet good-hearted,
genial fellow, open-handed and generous,
who spends money freely when he has it.
who doesn't know the value of money!"
who only esteemed it for the good it can
do, Who believes in tine lively shilling, and
always does his best to make it lively, who
can't hoard up money for the life of him.
who gets and spends it and then gets more
to spend, so that all of us may get little
OF 1t, who does not put down every cent he
lets friend have as though he was a
money lender. who, if he has only 81 in
the world will let you have 80 cents of it
if you ask for it; good, whole-souled
generous fellow, who knows no more and
cares no more about money than a pig
does about Greek, and he is little hard up
and wants to borrow $40 of you for few
days-don' you lend him a cent: don't
lend him a cent. Eli? Do want Won to
be mean, close-fsted stingy, weighing all
friendship and good fellowship on the
scales of the money lender? oh. no, nv
boy, didn't say anything of the kind. /
said, and repeat it, don't lend him a
cent" | don't want You to be mean, l
only want you TO be business-like. Give
him SO, ifyou have it to subscribe and
feel like it ; give him what money you can
spare, and your heart and head Justify YOU
in giving, but never lend that kind of a
man dollar. Only lend money where
there is at least remote possibility of its
being paid back. That's all. You may GO
now. By the way l took care of that note
of Jack Merrihart's that you didn't tell me
anything about it's all right now, only
you don't lend Jack any more than you
can afford to give him. A man who has
no idea of the value of his own money has
Just as little comprehension of the value of
yours-Robert Btrdette
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

OCR PROGRESS IN HALF A CrSrusy.-
Fifty years ago there were only 1897
miles OF railway in America now there are
over 10000 miles, or about 100 times as
many miles. The first railway entered
Chicago only 80 years ago lin 1882; now
there are - railways from this city, and it
Is The greatest railway center in this coun-
try and in the world. Fifty wears ago il
cost 20 cents to mail Que sheet of paper 400
miles, and 40 cents if sent in an envelope :;
now whole ounce weight is carried to the
remotest point, or 5000 or 1000 miles, for
? cents, and pound of newspapers for one
cent; while half ounce letter is carried
almost anywhere in the world for 5 cents.
Forty-three years ago $50 the first tele-
graph line was worked between Washing
Ton ana Baltimore; now every principal
city and town in the world communicates
with every other one in 4 second of time.
Prairie Furmer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

DESTROYING ROSE SLUGs-Slugs on rose
bushes so frequently destroy the appear
auce of the plants that many contend that
1t Is useless to try to grow roses nova
days Yet the insect is so easily destroyed
that no one should give up without at least
an attempt at fighting the pests. A neigh
Dor OF the writer recently cleared his bushes
completely by spraying them 6ith mix
tare of pyrethrum or insect powder and
water, applied with ali ordinary hand
force pump and spray nozzle. We have
never known but one case where the fol-
age was said to be injured by this sub
stance, and believe that il is perfectly safe If
properly applied. Mix in the proportion
of two tablespoonfuls to two gallons of wa
ter. Hellebore is also an excellent remedy.
Mix an ounce of the powder with two gal
Ions of water, and apply with force pump,
garden syringe or watering pot. Whale oil
soapsuds is another good remedy, and is
easily applied by any one.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

A MARROW EscAPE.-A thousand poor
children of indianapolis, accompanied by
many ladies and gentlemen of the Charity
Society, went to Bethany Park on picnic
excursion June 30th, and only BIZ the
rarest good fortune escaped a misfortune
that might have killed hundreds of them.
For some years there has been suspicion in
the public mind that the bridge on
the indianapolis and Vincennes road
over White river was unsafe, but the
assurance OF the Pennsylvania Company
quoted the fears of the public, and the re-
cent repairs on the bridge appears to have
made it perfectly secure. Just as the ex-
cursion train was over the deepest. part of
the river, the heavy timbers of the
bridge began to give way, and the rails
sank down gradually till the steps of the
cars dragged upon the guard rails beside
the track and plowed great burrows in the
heavy timber. Fortunately the structure
held up the strain until relieved of its bur
den, and the thousand lives imperiled
were saved. The company Immediately
put force of men at work on the bridge,
but it will be some time before the public
will have confidence in its strength.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
REsCINpING THar oRDyp

Not Drum was heard, not poor, shrill Drum
AS the back track was taken by Grover
MOI a BOURBON but looked nneommonly gium
At the flags which they couldn't recover
He took the back track of Thursday night.
\ Penltent letter preparing
BY the beams of the blazing Northern li.ehf
And Daniel softly swearing!
An angry groNl from the President stole.
And he seemed to the calm beholGer
Like man that had put his foot in q hole
Gear up to the blaze OF his shoulder
Formal and cold his epistIe ran
He exhibited little detection
But steadiastly gazed on the face of Dan
And thought of next years election.
He thought as he finished ana signed his ,,aua
Ana read his rescindment over,
mat the boys in blue would tread down his
fame
And make it quite lively for Grover.
Loudly they'll talk of his copperhead style.
Ana curse him both frequent and hearty:
let, little he II reek retaining the smile.
of the line old Bourbon party
But half of his heavy task was DER
Mnen the news from the country reached hin,
ana ne knew as he read how the veterans syore
That each loyal heart impeached him
Slowly and sadly he bit his thumb.
On MS brow was a clouilet of thunder
lie spoke not to Dan, he beat not a Drum
ANA they LETT him alone with his blunder.
" Y. Tribune
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
A BORN ORPHAN.
/ am lone, unfeafhered chick
OF artificial Matching


am lone, unfeafhered chick
OF artificial Matching;
A pilgrim in desert wild,
BY happier motheTed chicks reyiied
from all relationships eXiied,
10 do my own lone scratching
Fair Science smiled upon my birth
One raw and gusty morning
And now the sounds of barnyard mirth
To lonely Inc have little worth;
am alone in all the earth
An orphan without borning
Seek my mother I would find
heartless personator
4 thing brass-hided, man designed.
With steampipe arteries intermined
And pulseleSs cotton batting lined
patent Incubator.
II wearies me to think. you see
Death would be better, ruther-
should children e'er be born to me,
By fate's most pitiless decree
My little ones, alas, would be
With never grandmother.
And when to earth bid adieu.
To seek a greater,
/ viii not do as others do,
Who go to goin the ancestral crew.
For will just be gathered to
My Incubator.
-BUfdette, IN BROOKLYN Ed0le
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

Our HoMEs.-Our homes are what we
make them they are the places which we
seek when in trouble; why should they
not be kept attractive so that when even
ing comes your boys and girls will not seek
other places of amusement in preference to
the home which should be their shelter
from temptations. Make home attractive
and pleasant by being pleasant and neatly
appareled yourself; you need not necessar-
lily go to any expense or trouble on account
of dress, but simply presenta neat cheerful
appearance. Don't think because you are
at home that you can afford to be neglect
full of your appearance. Do you not find
those who are nearest and dearest to you
in your own home? And are those not the
very ones whom you live for? Do not give
way to petty trials. but rise above them,
look on the bright side, wear cheerful
countenance, speak none but pleasant
words, and thus make sunshine in your
home, rendering il a cheerful and desirable
place, for g be it ever so humble there's nc
J place like home if lore ahides therein.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
BIRTHDAYS.

am content
To let the added years
That come 10 me,
Roll back into the past so far
That memory
Can only find along the shore
Some perfect shell, and nothing more.
am content
That seaweed, bits of wreck
And pebbles gray
Drift out Of sight into the sea.
Fox them 70 stay
Would be 10 cherish grief and pain
would not, must not feel again
lam content
To know that none Of life
Can ever be
Lived o or again with selfsame thrill
No more to me
WIZ former song or book or toy
fiii TIE new measure Of my JOY.
am content
To live all of today,
And when dream
Let fancy fashion in the light
What hope hath seen,
Beyond the present and afar,
\ Steadiast and unchanging star
am content
FOR age upon the heart
Can never creep:
And when, at last, in stillest night,
seem 10 sleep,
A birthday comes to me in truth
The gilt It brings immortal youth.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
MISERY IN FLOODED D1srnEcrs N Chr,

MISERY IN FLOODED DISTRICTS IN CHINA.
Vice Consul Bandinel sends the State
Department at Washington from China an
account OF a trip made through the flooded
districts OF China while distributing food
and necessaries to the starving people.
During the trip he relieved BOG persons.
He found the people generally living on
the bran and chat of large species of
grass, grown for feeding cattle. Some
were reduced to eating chopped grass,
either moistened with hot water or baked
in cakes, while others fed on leaves
and seeds OF weeds gathered in
fields. In some of the villages half
the dwelling-plsces have been washed
away, and the inhabitants were huddled
together in the few remaining habitations.
The deaths from starvation had been very
numerous, and the sights he witnessed in
some villages were pitiable.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

No MEDICINE is more conscientiously pre-
pared, more powerful or more highly con-
centrated than Ayers Sarsaparilla. Its
standard of excellence is the result of care
full study. This preparation is acknowl-
edged by the medical profession 10 be the
best blood purifier.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

TEMPERANCE BEyERAGEs.-Don not go to
the country without bottle of Angostura
Bitters to flavor your drinking water, soda
and lemonade, and keep free from malaria
and all disorders of the digestive organs.
Be sure it is the genuine Angostura of
world wide fame and manufactured only
by DR.. J. g. B. Siegert & Sons.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

FoR weak lungs, splitting of blood. weak
stomach, night sweats and the early stages
of Consumption, Golden Medical Discoy-
cry is specific. By druggists.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

BRowN's Bronchial Troches" viii re-
'lieve Bronchitis, Asthma and Throat Dis
eases.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
CrOSSman'S Specific Mixture.

With this remedy persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure. change of diet, or
! change in application 20 business. The medi-
cine contains nothing that is of the least Injury
| to the constitution. ASK yogr Gruagist for it.
Price, 81 8 bottle. fe26-lyws
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

1Anu Jusl lnIuk OF Il, louise have actually
engaged myself to him. meant to hate him
For myself. can only say that am perfectly
happy, and leave the rest to your i'm
agination. Wasn't it funny, though? He
LETT New York three weeks before he
had intended to, because he didn't want to he
bothered with looking after me; and ran away
from him in the same unceremonious stvle.
Yet we both got on the same train after all II
is quite like II romance, isn't it, dear? But /
must close, as Roy is begging me to hurry and
finish. will write YOU more again. Your low
ing friend, SYErI~
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
/ DELICATE
| DISEASES.

To those acquainted with our
to say that the Invalids' Hotel
branch establishment located at
England, have, for many years,
the most largely patronized anC
the world for the treatment al
arise from youthful indiscretion
We, many years ago, cstablis
treatment of these diseases, III
the most skillful physicians an
that all who apply to lis might l
Council of the most experience
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

We offer no apology for devoting so muc
believing no condition of humanity is to
wretched TO merit the sympathy and be;
services of the noble profession to which W
hClnlr. MANY " no slIlfeI from thnsn t1.,,.il.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09

Organic weak
decline of the
losses, impaired
of wi!l-powcr,
dred affections,
11nanantIN- ,1r,.o,f
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-13

The leading republican organ of the
northwest, The st. Paul and Mime
apols Pioneer Press, does not take a
very roseate view of the prospects for
the success of the republican national
ticket next year. 1t says:
''The republican party must next year
face very different conditions from
those prevailing in November of 1884.
We assume what everything now in
dcates, that Mr.. Cleveland will be a
candidate for reelection. IL is to be
admitted that there is much democratic
dissatisfaction. But that does not
make n democratic bolt on election
day. And it is foolish not to see that
it will take strong man and hard
fight to prevent Il repetition of 1884.
There is always a considerable floating
vote which turns to the party in power.
Much more considerable is the mum
Der of those whose political wisdom is
summed up in the maxim that we
should let well enough alone. The
country, they say, is fairly prosperous;
things are not going to the dogs, the
government is administered in Il way
that is moderately satisfactory, what
is the use of making another change ?
This is the clement which must be
brought to vote the republican ticket
for the sake of the principles involved.
It will not vote that way if the contest
Of four years before is TO be fought
over again"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-13
Friday, May 10, 1887.

When the interstate commerce law
went into effect the railroads raised
the long haul rates instead Of lowering
the short haul rates; and this having
worked hardship upon shippers there
is general disposition to hastily and
unjustly condemn the new law. 1t is
to be hoped, however, that greater
familiarity with the working of the
law will lead to reversal of public
sentiment in this regard. Already
where the commission has refused &c
suspend section four, there has been a
a general lowering Of rates from the
tariff first published. That the ulti,
mate result of the law will be to Sc
cure lower and more just and equitable
rates generally, there is good reason
to believe, all efforts to make the law
obnoxious to the contrary nOtwith-
standing The law was as wisely
framed as any new law could be, and
with some slight changes which pub
lie interests may demand, it will doubt
less prove great blessing to the
country.